oinniún

oinniún

Irish

oinniún

Etymology

From Middle Irish uinniún, uinneman, from Old French oingnun, unniun, from Latin ūniō.

Noun

oinniún m (genitive singular oinniúin, nominative plural oinniúin)

1. onion

Declension

Declension of oinniún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative oinniún oinniúin Vocative a oinniúin a oinniúna Genitive oinniúin oinniún Dative oinniún oinniúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-oinniún na hoinniúin Genitive an oinniúin na n-oinniún Dative leis an oinniún don oinniún leis na hoinniúin

Derived terms

• oinniún fiáin m (“wild onion”)
• sloigín oinniún m, trilseán oinniún m (“string of onions”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oinniún	n-oinniún	hoinniún	t-oinniún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "oinniún" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “uinneman” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “uinniún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.